Travel Devil is all about unconventional travel. In a world of mass tourism and cheap flights, your host Clara Francken inspires you to travel differently. This podcast holds space for a conscious and sustainable travel lifestyle. You'll get inspired, you'll laugh, and hear incredible stories from a wide range of guests. Go to @clarafrancken on Instagram to get in touch.
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16- Red flags for WILDLIFE safari & volunteer tourism w/ Margreen
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Many tourists prefer fun facts and experiences over the heavy truths of wildlife conservation, leading to a tourism model that often neglects the needs of the animals and the environment. What are green flags and red flags of wildlife safaris? Where is a volunteer's money actually going? ... Margarita Samsonova, an unconventional GREENfluencer and …
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15- Bikepacking or Workpacking? Home Office on your Bicycle w/Gunnar Fehlau
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Bikepacking or work 'n holiday? Mix both to get workpacking. This week's guest decided to leave his office and make it mobile. Gunnar Fehlau started working from his e-cargobike, as he calls it "workpacking". Gunnar shares tips on how to start your own bicycle touring workpack journey and explains how his start wasn't the best. Our host Clara Franc…
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14- Why I should stop my sea shell collection and feeding the birds
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Responsible travel means that we need to be aware of our impact. And to say that this conversation is a wake up call, is an understatement. Today's guest Praneetha Monipi explains all the do's and don'ts when touching nature. The goal is to keep the biodiversity alive. What is the real impact of our seashell collection? Why is rock-stacking not a g…
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13- Recreating my parents migration on a cargo ship w/ Klaus Benker
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In the 1950s, Klaus' parents left Germany on a ship, aiming for a better life in Canada. In this episode, our host Clara Francken talks to Klaus about his travel dreams. Klaus wishes to travel back to Germany and sail back to his roots. Why does he want to travel on a freighter ship? Why did his parents migrate to Canada? What is the impact of sail…
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12- Cycling across the border of The Netherlands w/ Vincent Wever
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1500km of cycling around the Dutch border & crossing to neighbor countries hundreds of times. Bicycle touring around your own country while following strict rules. Vincent Wever cycled around his homecountry The Netherlands. His rules? 1. stay as close to the border as possible 2. don't do the same route twice The borders of Holland touch both Belg…
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11- Free public transport in the world's richest country w/Joé Voncken
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Luxembourg, the world's richest country, made public transport free. Today we're talking about Luxembourg and its buses, tramway and train system. This is great for the environment, is very practical and reduces the amount of traffic which was going in the capital. Luxembourgish railway system is called the SNL (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer…
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10- Europe by Train: Cheap Tickets, Tips and Stories
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How to find cheap train tickets? How to travel comfortably? Which countries should you visit by train? Join our host Clara Francken as she shares expert tips, insider secrets, and captivating stories from the rails, guaranteed to elevate your European train travel experience. Stories from delayed journeys through Belgium and Germany to sun-soaked e…
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9- Long Distance Bicycle Touring & 14,000 km From England To India w/ William Spencer
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What is it like to go long-distance bicycling? This week’s guest William Spencer biked from the U.K. to India in less than one year, experienced culture shock, danger and profound friendship on the road. Now he's older, but still traveling by bike. He explains which life lessons he learned from being on the road, why age doesn't matter, which chall…
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8- Top 9 Ecoleaders & Travelers ft. Women's Day
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These female ecoleaders are changing the travel industry by raising their voice. 9 women who will inspire you to travel differently and show that there are many solutions. Tania Muxima Dalisa Camci Emma’s Roadmap Margreen Margarita Samsonova Olivia Piana Jane Goodall Sylvia Earle Wangari Maathai Greta Thunberg First, I talk about my past interview …
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7- 80.000 km To The Highest Mountains Worldwide w/ Jelle Veyt
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This guy is traveling to every continent of the world using his own human power. No plane, no car, no engine was used for his journey. He takes us back on his road in Oceania where he took the rowing boat to sail between Java and Papua. He rowed 4.00 km in Indonesia and is the first one rowing this long road. In total he rows and sails 12.000 km an…
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In this week's solo Christmas special, Clara is talking about her experience celebrating Christmas for the firs time abroad. Spending Christmas away from the family, in a place surrounded by new friends only. Social life is already hard during winter times, let alone finding people to celebrate Christmas with. Your host Clara Francken explains how …
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Everything you need to know about a gap year, and more. What is living in Turkey like? Living in a host family? Learning a new language? Travel Devil host Clara shares her own experience in this week's episode. She answers your questions about her year abroad, and explains how she chose to travel with the exchange organization AFS. At first, she op…
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4- How To Weekend Trip w/ EmmasRoadmap about Belgium
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How to explore your home country? Can you travel close to home and have fun? See beautiful destinations? Travel Devil host Clara talked about weekend trips and micro adventures with Emma. She started exploring Belgium when the pandemic hit, and shares her experience on Instagram on @emmasroadmap. In this episode, she'll share the top beautiful dest…
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3- Cargo Ship Travel: Everything You Need To Know w/ CptnZeppos
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Is cargo ship traveling better than boarding a cruise ship? Travel Devil host Clara talked to Joris, he traveled the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger on a container ship. After that life-changing experience, he started his own travel agency CptnZeppos. In this episode, Joris shares everything you need to know about being a passenger on a cargo ship. I…
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2- Solo Bikepacking As A Woman: Is It Dangerous? w/ Tania Muxima
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Is it really dangerous to go bike packing solo as a woman? Travel Devil host Clara talked to Tania, full-time traveler on her bicycle about 8 month a year! Tania did a 10.000 km tour in South America, 9.000 km in Afrika and many more km's on other trips. Her story isn't only very strong, she's extremely inspiring and was a big inspiration to start …
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Join Clara for her first solo episode where she opens up about her Flixbus experiences and tells you about this new travel podcast. In the theme of Halloween this is a horror story which takes place at the bus station in her home town. Clara shares her personal experience with Flixbus and reacts to other's bad experiences on Reddit. If you're askin…
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Welcome to the podcast show notes and transcript for Episode 11: Dutch Secrets To Raising Happy Kids. In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with Rina Mae Acosta (writer at Finding Dutchland and co-author of The Happiest Kids In The World). The Dutch system works to stress the importance of family bonding as a whole and individually between each…
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The Liberation Route Europe of the Allies in WW2
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Welcome to the podcast show notes and transcript for Episode 10: The Liberation Route Europe of the Allies in WW2. In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with Jeroen van Wieringen, who is with Liberation Route Europe, the foundation promoting greater knowledge of the route the Allied troops took to take back Europe from the Nazis during World Wa…
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Roadtrips Retracing The Laura Ingalls Wilder Books
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Welcome to the podcast show notes and transcript for Episode 9: Retracing . In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with travel blogger, Debra Thompson, who writes at Just Short of Crazy. A self-confessed Laura-looney, Deb and her friend have done two 1 week roadtrips retracing the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. The Little House on the Prairie books…
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Choosing A Wild Animal Sanctuary When You Volunteer in Africa
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(strong language included)Choosing A Wild Animal Sanctuary When You Volunteer in Africa. In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with travel blogger, Maria Hart, who writes at Travelling With Hart about responsible tourism. Maria tells us of her experience volunteering at N/a’ankuse, a wildlife rescue centre in Namibia. Listen and see if you fall…
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All You Need To Know About Cargo Ship Travel
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Episode7: All You Need To Know About Cargo Ship Travel. In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with travel blogger and travel guide book author, Rebecca Hall, who writes at Life Beyond Borders Blog. She has spent many years living in Greece and written a fictionalised account of life in a small Greek town. In addition, she has done several trips…
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Episode 6: Travel Tips from 27+ Trips To France
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Episode 6: Travel Tips from 27+ Trips To FranceIn this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with Francophile travel blogger, Janice Chung, who writes an everything related to France Travel Blog at France Travel Tips. She loves France so much that she has made 27+ trips to France (with no signs of stopping anytime soon). So you figure this lady knows w…
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Putting the Boom in Baby Boomer Travel with Vicki Winters
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Welcome to the podcast show notes and transcript for Episode 5: Putting the Boom in Baby Boomer Travel. In this episode Rachel Heller and I speak with travel blogger, Vicki Winters, who has an enthusiasm for life that is infectious. She shares with us her plans to bring social media to the senior crowd as well as her zany adventures with videos and…
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